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GubernatorFan wrote: By the way, if she is Ukrainian, she would probably be referring to the city as Kharkiv.
one/sixth-uals wrote:Yes, of course you are correct regarding Kharkiv! But she is not one of those Nationalists from Western Ukraine, but keeps speaking Russian - as do actually the majority of Ukrainians (except their politicians).
GubernatorFan wrote:
Interesting, did not know that.
JohnByng wrote:Perhaps, considering the forum's policy of a ban on political matters, there should also be a ban on any political action figures? V. Putin, D. Trump, A. Hitler, J. Stalin W. Churchill etc. Plus all the political military figures like SS and NKVD. Also modern Russian soldiers should be nixed, as the Russian military is de facto a political entity.
I am not being a smartass ( I hope) this is a serious suggestion and in line with the policy.
one/sixth-uals wrote:Actually I should clarify: ALL Ukrainians speak Russian and Ukrainian. The people in cities prefer Russian, the ones in the countryside prefer Ukrainian.
But politicians in Ukraine use now deliberately Ukrainian language, to make a point. Often they actually sound a bit awkward, because for them Ukrainian is the 2nd language, and Russian the first.
Sorry of this topic turns a bit into the political realm, but I could not resist using Miss Spetsnaz for this currently highly relevant issue
I have a friend whose parents live in Moscow, and his other family and friends live in Kiev. The whole situation is horrible for him, as you can imagine. And there are many more like him. Links between Ukraine and Russia are plenty. And nobody understands Putin and his war...
GubernatorFan wrote:I completely agree with Mark's additional remarks. We try to be fair and inclusive but also neutral, and it is difficult to do so, both because we do not want to intervene heavy-handedly, and because we do not want to offend or discourage posters. I would hope we are as objective as we can be. Even if we could achieve that perfectly, I'm sure anyone who chooses to do so could still accuse us of being subjective. Such are the times we live in, if they were ever different. John, not to sound combative (which is not my intention), but was your point "merely" rhetorical? Ovy, excellent point; I think I wrote a response that was a little bit along these lines not too long ago...
Ghost808 wrote:A scale representation of a person isn't a political statement in itself. Its merely a representation. Were a person to post a figure of Vladamir Putin and comment on its merits of likeness, quality, realism, etc. It isn't suddenly a glowing endorsement, or mockery of the man himself, or his politics, necessarily.
Now, if the poster starts ranting about the real man being great/evil, whatever, that is a different matter. And I personally don't think there is room for either sentiment on this forum. Being part Polish, I'm no fan of old Vlad, but there are plenty of other forums where I can share those views.
I personally know two collectors who collect war figures, including Nazi regime figures. Neither of them are nazi sympathisers. One is Jewish even. They collect for Historical appreciation reasons. So they wouldn't consider such posts political.
I personally don't like nazi figures, but it's not my place to stop others collecting, or discussing them.
Censorship is a slippery slope.
Do we censor all figures based on real events/people?
Do we only allow "allied" war figures, because WE (western collectors anyway), consider them the "good guys"? Plenty of other countries would disagree on that!
Then do we ban threads about demonic looking, or witchcraft based figures, because it might offend some faiths?
Ban skimpy clothed figure threads, because they may upset more Conservative readers in the crowd?
Where does it end?
Ghost808 wrote:A scale representation of a person isn't a political statement in itself. Its merely a representation. Were a person to post a figure of Vladamir Putin and comment on its merits of likeness, quality, realism, etc. It isn't suddenly a glowing endorsement, or mockery of the man himself, or his politics, necessarily.
Now, if the poster starts ranting about the real man being great/evil, whatever, that is a different matter. And I personally don't think there is room for either sentiment on this forum. Being part Polish, I'm no fan of old Vlad, but there are plenty of other forums where I can share those views.
I personally know two collectors who collect war figures, including Nazi regime figures. Neither of them are nazi sympathisers. One is Jewish even. They collect for Historical appreciation reasons. So they wouldn't consider such posts political.
I personally don't like nazi figures, but it's not my place to stop others collecting, or discussing them.
Censorship is a slippery slope.
Do we censor all figures based on real events/people?
Do we only allow "allied" war figures, because WE (western collectors anyway), consider them the "good guys"? Plenty of other countries would disagree on that!
Then do we ban threads about demonic looking, or witchcraft based figures, because it might offend some faiths?
Ban skimpy clothed figure threads, because they may upset more Conservative readers in the crowd?
Where does it end?
JohnByng wrote:I felt I had to say something, but I will now go back to being a quiet man.
JohnByng wrote:Hi, GF. I am discouraged, but for reasons of my own personality, not you. I am not very comfortable with all the mental contortions that are necessary to live in this world. But that is the way of my disappointing species, so I have to learn to live with it.
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